Angel Food Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup cake flour
• 9 or 10 egg whites
• 1% t. cream of tartar
• % t. almond extract
• 1% cups sifted granulated sugar
• TA tasalt
• 1 t. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour once.

2. 2

   Measure, add % cup sugar and sift 4 times.

3. 3

   Beat egg whites and salt until foamy.

4. 4

   Add cream of tartar.

5. 5

   Continue beating until stiff enough to hold in peaks.

6. 6

   Add remaining cup of sugar, 2 T. at a time beating after each addition until sugar is just blended.

7. 7

   Fold in flavoring.

8. 8

   Sift about % cup flour over the mixture and fold in lightly; repeat until flour is used.

9. 9

   Turn into ungreased 10-inch tube pan.

10. 10

    Cut through lightly.

11. 11

    Bake in moderate oven (375 F.) 30 or 35 minutes.

12. 12

    Remove and invert pan 1 hour or until cake is cold.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ANGEL FOOD CAKE 1 cup cake flour 9 or 10 egg whites 1% t. cream of tartar % t. almond extract 1% cups sifted granulated sugar TA tasalt 1 t. vanilla

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